Anatoly Chubais

There was no doubt that sooner or later we will fight. But we will fight not in the way of the dissidents' protests. We understood that we needed to be as professional as possible. ”

There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding. ”

There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism. ”

It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy. ”

The Bolsheviks started not just on the killing of private property; they were trying to abolish money itself. ”

Money is the kind of instrument which is very speedily produced. ”

For the producers, there was no reason to produce. You get money, but you couldn't use this money. For consumers, you could have money, but you have no way to use it because you go to the shop and see nothing. ”

You're not always able to choose. ”

You're never able to please everybody, especially when you're transforming a country like Russia. ”

The directors thought, They understand nothing in the real economy, in real life. They read some stupid books, and they came from the moon to the earth, and maybe in one month they will disappear. ”